Events
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BOOK LAUNCH: SISSY ANARCHY presents ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily’ by Misha Honcharenko, in conversation with writer, broadcaster and author of ‘This Ragged Grace’, Octavia Bright.
Housmans is delighted to welcome SISSY ANARCHY and Misha Honcharenko to the shop, to celebrate the publication release of Misha’s first novel, ‘Trap Unfolds Me Greedily.’ Writer, broadcaster and author of ‘This Ragged Grace’, Octavia Bright joins for a live conversation with Misha. About the book:Ukrainian artist and poet Misha Honcharenko is a refugee fleeing […]
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the87press presents HUMMINGBIRDS 2.0: a literary salon with Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson and Calliope Michail
FeaturedHousmans are thrilled to be collaborating with the inimitable 87press to present Hummingbirds 2.0, a literary salon. Hummingbirds 2.0 features Edgar Garcia, John Wilkinson, and Calliope Michail; discussion will be chaired by Azad Ashim Sharma. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Edgar Garcia is a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. He is the […]
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GRIEF AND GOODNESS: A Conversation between Camille Sapara Barton and Sanah Ahsan
Housmans are delighted to be handing the floor over to two wonderful, warm and alert writers. Having each recently published books that address similar themes, Sanah Ahsan and Camille Sapara Barton will be joined in a conversation touching on topics of grief, sorrow, hope and community. This is promising to be a moving, powerful evening […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Kaisa Saarinen: ‘Maitonaut’
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming the Finnish poet Kaisa Saarinen, and a host of special guest readers, to the shop to lift-off her new hybrid collection of poetry and fiction Maitonaut (after the Finnish word for milk). Published by new_sinews editions, a new independent press edited by Steve Barbaro in Chicago. There is escapism, […]
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BOOK TALK: EXAM NATION: Sammy Wright in conversation with Ed Vainker
Housmans look forward to welcoming teacher, and former member of the Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright. Sammy will be discussing his latest book Exam Nation: a first hand account of the struggles student and teachers face in the relentless pursuit of performance table ranking. In Exam Nation, Sammy asks the fundamental question; what is school […]
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An Evening with Calvin John Smiley
Housmans are extremely excited to welcome the inimitable scholar, sociologist and criminologist Dr Calvin John Smiley to the shop to discuss his work. Calvin's brilliant writing concerns prison abolition, race, inequality, and social justice and these will be the primary themes of discussion on the evening. He will be focusing especially on his two most […]
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‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’ with Matt Kennard
‘The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire’ with Matt Kennard (SOLD OUT) Housmans welcome back investigative journalist Matt Kennard to discuss the new edition of this vital and staggering book, which exposes the dark nature of modern geopolitics and neo-imperialism. While working for the Financial Times, Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème […]
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Resisting Mediocrity: Remaking the University
FeaturedIt's not easy being made redundant. It's an act of violent separation. Over the past decade, thousands of lecturers and researchers have experienced this attack on their income, autonomy and dignity; thousands more, at around 70 universities, are currently at risk of losing their jobs. Universities are in crisis – and 40% of institutions are […]
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HUMMINGBIRDS 3.0: a literary salon
the87press & Housmans Bookshop present Hummingbirds 3.0: a literary salon with Karenjit Sandhu and Kiran Bath Hummingbirds is a new literary salon series from the87press, designed to celebrate poetry and place different poets in discussion. The hummingbird is a surrealist motif that symbolises love and dialogue, something which we wish to foster further within poetry and […]
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POETRY READING: NAT RAHA launches ‘apparitions (nines)’
FeaturedWe are very, very excited to be welcoming the legendary poet Nat Raha to Housmans for the official UK launch of her new book, apparitions (nines). A vital figure in UK, and wider Anglophone, vanguardist poetry for many years Raha's newest experiment in lyric writing promises to be characteristically invigorating. Reading alongside Nat we'll have […]
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Women Without Children: Nicole Louie in conversation with Rose Diell
We are very happy to welcome Nicole Louie and Rose Diell to the shop to discuss their brilliant work. Nicole's wonderful recent book Others Like Me is the story of fourteen women around the world, from different walks of life, who don’t have children. It’s also the story of why Nicole Louie had to find […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Your Right To Protest by Christian Weaver
FeaturedHousmans are very excited to be welcoming Christian Weaver to shop to celebrate the official launch of his vital new book Your Right To Protest. Christian is a human rights barrister, social justice campaigner. His first book The Law In 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide To Your Rights, has been a long time staple of […]
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BOOK TALK: Nic Watts & Sakina Karimjee discuss Toussaint Louverture
Housmans are thrilled to be welcoming Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee to the shop to discuss their American Book Award winning, and The American Library in Paris Book Award longlisted, adaption of C.L.R. James's celebrate play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History. PERHAPS THE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE OPPRESSED […]
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POETRY READING: Rojbîn Arjen Yiğit launches TONGUELESS
Housmans are delighted to welcome the brilliant Out-Spoken Press to the shop to celebrate the launch of Rojbîn Arjen Yiğit's brilliant new pamphlet Tongueless. Rojbîn Arjen Yiğit is a Kurdish writer and poet. She is trilingual, her poetry probes the themes of language, exile and womanhood. Amongst other places, her work has been published in […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: FROM THE ASHES by Sarah Jaffe
Housmans are very excited indeed to be welcoming one of our most beloved authors to the shop, Sarah Jaffe, for the UK launch of her excoriating, thrilling and moving new work of non-fiction: From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire. Our era is one of significant and substantial loss, of unraveling […]
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